Brent Leary and myself got into a great discussion about how some pretend to have influence simply because they have a few followers. Listen to this episode of B.S. Walks NOW! (press play button and be patient, it takes a minute to buffer) OR Click to Download Show Notes: 1:20 Outlook for 2010 in Business [...]

While making his treks across the country, I got a few minuets with Chris Brogan to talk about what is going on with social media, his new book "Trust Agents" and I get to explain what is ColderICE, LOL. Also in this video my good friend and mentor Brent Leary makes a guest appearance. This [...]

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This was a short 7 minute presentation that comes from the Ecommerce Summit sponsored by The Professional eBay Sellers Association (PeSA) and the Ecommerce Merchants Trade Association. He is an intro for the Social Media Marketing panel discussion featuring heavy hitters in social media like Brent Leary, Jay Berkowitz and the king of Pay It [...]

On of the great people I got a chance to meet and speak with during the PeSA Summit was Chuck Hester who is a master of communicating and using Linked-In. Chuck is the Communications Director with iContact and was really cool dude and knew his stuff. I was honored to be able to host a [...]

Wow man, I just got myself back together after this weeks Ecommerce Summit in Atlanta. I had a really good time, seriously. This whole event from start to finish was 1000x better than I  could have ever expected. From signing eBay execs (Usher Lieberman) doing karaoke at Joe’s College Park Tavern to the great presentations [...]

Every once in a while something in your life that you read or hear changes your business. Something with a NEW tactic, or technique makes what was work at 10% change the response rate to 90%.  I have been fortunate enough to have met and even dined with two of the GREATEST minds in marketing. [...]

This is somewhat for the geek in me, but also just to reiterate what Brent Leary and I spoke about last year on his interview call. The iPhone and cellular technologies are not kids toys anymore. These are the pocket PC of the NOW. It is not something down the road, it is today! 13.7 [...]

Happy New Year to each and every one of my readers here at ColderICE.com. You have truly made the inauguration of this blog at rousing success. I have made many friends and associates in the short time since I started this and it has been fantastic! Going into the new year, I have plans for [...]

Wow, I was in a lonely parking deck, the city, New Orleans. While New Orleans is still standing, it is far from what it once was. The spirit is willing and the place is making great strides to recover from that Katrina b*tch.  We had just finished the first day at the PeSA conference 2008 [...]

Sometimes in life you make connections that you can just tell are good to have. Good people and good friends. Thanks to our mutual friend Jeff (JB from 2theNextLevel.com), I was introduced to Brent Leary. Brent is a social CRM expert. Who hosts his own broadcast for business technology  types at http://www.businesstechnologyradio.com/ (press play button [...]

Colder ICE Interviews:   BRENT LEARY Press Play for ColderICE interviews Brent Leary   Brent Leary is Co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC, a management consulting/advisory firm focused on implementing strategies and technologies affecting profitability through customer relationship management. He has over 15 years of IT and management consulting experience working on projects for Microsoft, Research [...]